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« on: Tuesday 03 September 13 19:16 BST (UK) »
Alicia,
I can't believe I'm really no further along than I was 5 years ago! I thank you for sharing your information, but I really don't know if there's a connection or if there's anyway I can pursue it.
We don't even know what type of mill - grain or textile. The grain (corn mills as they were called) were much more numerous than the textile ones, but in any case, any mill they had would have been defunct by the time Griffith's Valuation was done in the mid 1850's.
The only immigration details that I have been able to document with any certainty is that my g-grandparent, Peter Casey, took the first step toward naturalization in Cincinatti, Ohio, on Oct. 20, 1858, and stated his age as 23, making birth year 1835. Of course, I know that they usually had no clue when they were born, just guessed at it and the age changed with every later census. In these initial papers, he says he arrived in the US from port of Liverpool on May 9, 1853, but this was also just a guess because I searched and he wasn't on any ship that day. There's a Peter Casey who arrived the end of May that year, one who arrived mid-June that year, and one who came in 1854, any of whom could have been my ancestor. His witness for naturalization was a Patrick Casey, and I'm thinking that was most likely a sibling.
I still haven't made it over to Ireland but am hoping to go next year. I sure do wish I could "find" him, and although I keep searching, doubt I will.
I wish you luck in your search and we'll keep in touch and hopefully be able to share more information!
Joyce